eastern european eagle

Chapter 175

"This is the university, the place with the strongest cultural atmosphere in Constanta."

Peter brought Sofia to Constanta. For his new wife, Peter used money the most.Clothes, cosmetics, perfume, as long as she likes, Peter will buy them all.

However, Sophia was not interested in these, she was really interested in academics and literature, Peter took her to the University of Constanta.

In the past few years, the university has developed rapidly.On the basis of the original, four disciplines of astronomy, alchemy, weapon research and craftsman technology were added, of which the latter two were added by Peter himself, and he thought that the speed of research would be faster.

Sophia was instantly fascinated when she saw so many books.Some written works only in Constantinople appeared in Constanta, many of which were original manuscripts.

"It's fantastic, I've never seen so many books."

"Do you like it? I can sell you for a cheaper price."

"Okay, but I don't have any money."

"It's a shame, but luckily there is another way to pay."

"What is it?"

"Be my wife, forever."

Sophia blushed instantly, and shyly hid in Peter's arms.Peter just smiled and hugged her.

During this period of time, Peter took Sophia around a lot of places, Yasi, Suceava, Benjerry, and Sophia who had the same name as her.For a princess who stays at home, this is an unprecedented experience.

In just a few years, Wallachia expanded from a country of 8 square kilometers to a Balkan hegemon of hundreds of thousands of square kilometers.Such a country is very attractive to those who want to take risks, and the surrounding countries are also desperately obtaining information in order to obtain the greatest benefits in the future.

The marriage with Sophia was not only to gain the claim of the Roman emperor, but also to gain the support of the Greeks.You must know that after the Fourth Crusade, the Greeks hated Western Europeans extremely, especially those who spoke Latin. Coincidentally, the language of Wallachia belongs to the Latin family, but after a long period of influence from Eastern Rome, it became the most An alternative language belonging to the Eastern Romance branch of the Latin family.

In order to ease the relationship between the Greeks, Wallachia took a lot of measures, including encouraging the Orthodox Church and promoting the revival of Greek literature, etc., and the marriage with Sophia was also the most important step. Many people living in Morea and Constantinople The Greeks came to Wallachia to serve.But most of them are scholars.

These measures eased the mood of the Greeks, and they gradually treated Wallachia as a second home.A large number of talents have been used by Wallachia, which has improved the local culture, economy and other aspects, making Wallachia more like a country.

----split line----

In Cluj, Grand Duchess Mary had returned to Transylvania after attending Peter's wedding.She still has to make all preparations to take Hungary back.

However, her courtiers don't care about this at the moment, but they care more about her marriage.

Marrying Mary, even without heirs, the man's family can gain the claim of the entire Transylvania and Hungarian crowns by virtue of this relationship.How could this keep them from paying attention, so they recommended marriage candidates to Mary every day, which annoyed her a lot.

"Gentlemen, I already have a candidate for marriage, please don't do this again."

This surprised the courtiers, and quickly asked who the man was, and Mary directly said that he was a nobleman in Wallachia.But refused to reveal his name.They had to give up.

Mary doesn't know much about governing the country, but fortunately she has nobles and churches who are willing to do things. In order to protect the hard-won achievements, everyone from farmers to nobles united to build Transylvania together.This made the Hungarian nobles feel unprecedented pressure.

Sigismund is also distressed. After finishing the wedding with difficulty, there are a lot of internal affairs in Hungary and Shinra. What's more terrible is that his idiot brother has been receiving ministers very frequently recently. What is he doing?
In order to maintain the army and his own expenses, Sigismund could only borrow money like crazy. He even went to a bank in Wallachia and got 13 ducats with the Hungarian customs duties as collateral. The money is really not enough. .

Affected by the division of Hungary, many nobles lost their land and mines, and there was no place for them in other places, so they had to borrow money to survive.And Sigismund took this opportunity to use money to win them over and gradually expand his power.

The differentiation of the nobility brought about the flow of the people. A large number of farmers fled to Transylvania and Wallachia. Even if they were captured by the army every day, it would not help. The fleeing farmers only rose but did not fall.Hungarian agriculture stagnated and exports began to decline.

However, Transylvania is thriving, a large amount of land has been developed, the mines have been re-mined, and several copper and silver mines with large reserves have been found, which has brought a lot of income.Mary invested her income in the army and construction, and also bought artillery and muskets from Wallachia, imitating them to form an army.Her vengeance could no longer be contained.

Such a situation in the Balkans shocked Serbia. Brankovich personally brought a gift to see the Grand Duke Mircea and surrendered to him permanently. He still transferred the tribute originally given to Hungary to Wallachia.And Mircea has also endured the end of his patience with this twenty-five-year-old country, and he intends to annex it all, so as to save him trouble.

Bosnia still followed Hungary as always, maybe it was dissatisfied with the Orthodox Church represented by Wallachia, or it might be because of the lingering fear of the oppression in the history of the Eastern Roman Empire. They asked Hungary for protection and offered their gold and silver to make them think that they still have use value.

Ottoman is still busy annexing the land of Anatolia, and promoting Ottoman as their leader, they are all brothers, they should unite, it is good to say, but in fact it is to obtain their wealth and manpower.Who would really say that they are like a family?

The overall situation in Southeast Europe has been decided, and the entire Balkans are holding their breath. Everyone knows that Wallachia wants to unify the Balkans, and no country can stop him.Some opposition parties can only hope that Wallachia can split up quickly after the death of the monarch like the former powerful Serbia. The so-called unification is only a flash in the pan.

Not only that, even Venice and Genoa, which signed a treaty with Wallachia, began to secretly contact the anti-Walachian forces, because Wallachia merchants are constantly eroding the interests of their two countries in the Eastern Mediterranean, especially Genoa, the Black Sea Almost half of the trade is occupied by Wallachia, and the most profitable slave trade has gradually declined, which is all caused by Wallachia.

(End of this chapter)